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Corona Devo 3102

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Sometimes, what feels like an affront to us can be part of God's good plan in the long run. Have you heard of the term "photobombing"? It describes someone who (purposely) inserts themself into (someone else's) picture/photo without consent. If someone dives into the foreground, or hops into the background of our picture...we've been photobombed! Along these (photobombing) lines, a few weeks ago at school, it was club picture day, meaning that at certain times of the day, each high school group would gather for group pictures of their club (i.e. Spanish Club, Drama Club, Fellowship of Christian Students). Apparently it was decided that the "cool" (student) thing to do would be to photobomb club pictures. A repeating group of students showed up for many club-pictures of clubs that they had never attended, but that they would now be memorialized in the yearbook photos for. They photobombed(!), and our Christian student group and many other clubs took th...
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Corona Devo 3101

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Dove on a housetop.  It just sounds calming doesn't it?  Like it could be the soft name of a vanilla paint hue, or the latest titled scent offered at Bath and Body Works: Dove on a Housetop. But what if an actual  dove on a housetop was what greeted us this morning as we sipped our coffee and peered into the pages of our Bible?   It is what looked at me as I looked up from my morning coffee cup and verses.  A dove on a housetop is exactly what I saw.   The Lord sends us a  dove on a housetop  today.                                           He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. (11) When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. (12) He waited seven more days and sent ...
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Corona Devo 3100

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Is there a decision to be made in our life?  A choice that needs chosen?  Two roads are diverging, and we know  that the one that we choose will make all the difference, but... which one to choose ? Colleges, jobs, spouse, house, investments, vacations, friendships, activities... everything requires choices.   But, how do we determine our decisions?   If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,  who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  ~James 1:5   There is no trick  or hack  to hearing from the Lord.   There is no secret code or elite club to having God reveal his thoughts to us ( mankind ).   Just ask Him.  Implore of Him.  Submit to Him.  Defer to Him. And the Lord will  reveal His thoughts to us.   ...indeed, if you call out for insight  and cry aloud for understanding, (4)  and if you look for it as for silver a nd ...
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Corona Devo 3099

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Well, it was almost-time for a new shampoo and conditioner in our shower the other day and when every last drippity-drop of the old ones were gone, I put in two brand new bottles: one of shampoo and   one of conditioner. But when it was time for their maiden voyage in the shower, I had a problem: without my glasses on, I could not read which bottle was conditioner and which was shampoo. I squinted.   I held the bottles up close and  waaa-yyy back.   I found myself amazed that I truly could not discern the writing.  (Am I getting that old, that my eyes  that bad?) Apparently. Finally, I popped the lid on each bottle and squirted a tiny bit of each into my palm.   The consistency of conditioner is generally thicker than shampoo. My on-the-spot science experiment worked, and I figured out successfully which bottle was shampoo and which was conditioner: not by reading the label, but by experience, gut-instinct, and a little faith. ~~~ Some...
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Corona Devo 3098

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The Biblical Book of  Amos, Chapter 4: A teaching to wives. Warning: It's going to sound harsh. Note:  It might not apply to you. Admittance : In some ways it applies to all of us...   If you are not a wife, then feel free to search your heart to see if God is revealing areas in your heart and life that are in need of repair anyway.  (He does that.)  ~~~ Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria,  you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy  and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”  (2)  The Sovereign  Lord  has sworn by his holiness:  “The time will surely come  when you will be taken away with hooks,  the last of you with fishhooks. (3)  You will each go straight out  through breaches in the wall, a nd you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the   Lord .  ~Amos 4:1-3 ~~~ Hooo-weee!  How mad does the Lord have to be to call c...
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